Tournament Fact Sheet KPMG Women’s PGA Championship Aronimink Golf Club • Newton Square, Pa. • Oct. 8-11, 2020 Golf Course Superintendent Tournament Set-up John Gosselin Par: 35-35--70 Phone: 610-353-1397 Yardage: 6,577 Email: [email protected] Stimpmeter: 11.5 Years as GCSAA MemBer: 35 Years at Aronimink: 15 Course Statistics Years as a Superintendent: 30 Average Green Size: 8,200 sq. ft. Previous Courses: Dupont Country CluB (super, GM) Average Tee Size: 7,300 sq. ft. Rolling Green Golf Club (super) Acres of Fairway: 31 Hometown: Landenberg, Pa. Acres of Rough: 45 Education: Penn State University NumBer of Sand Bunkers: 176 NumBer of Water Hazards: 4 NumBer of Employees: 25 How many holes is water in play: 8 NumBer of Tournament Volunteers: 30 Soil Conditions: Clay loam Water Sources: Well and city Other Key Golf Personnel Collin Harley, Assistant Superintendent Turfgrass Nick Carothers, Assistant Superintendent Greens: Penn A-1/A-4 Bentgrass .110” Joe Kopania, Assistant Superintendent Tees: PennTrio Bentgrass .375” Hamo KrkBesevic, Equipment Manager Fairways: L-93 bentgrass .375” Rich Reimers, Irrigation Tech Rough: Tall fescue / Poa annua 3” Julie Morse, Horticulturist Jeff Kiddie, Director of Golf Additional Notes John Cunningham, GM/COO • All course preparations during tournament BoB Willcox, Club President week will Be done in the dark due to lack of daylight hours. Course Architect • 30 trees were lost due to a microBurst Architect (year): Donald Ross (1928) June 3. Area also saw extended drought in Renovation Architect (year): Gill Hanse (2017) June and third hottest July on record. Course Owner: Members Signature Hole: No. 11 – A dramatic green complex and • 2017 renovation brought back Ross’ 20 bunkers. original bunker scheme, green and fairway dimensions and teeing grounds. Grass- Rounds Per Year: 23,000 faced bunkers were reshaped into flash face bunker clusters. Green dimensions were Tournament Fact Sheets for the PGA, LPGA, Champions pushed out to their original contours and and Korn Ferry Tours can be found all year at: dimensions. Elevated tee Boxes were https://www.gcsaa.org/media/tournament-fact-sheets flattened to at-grade, free-form teeing grounds. Mike Strauss • Media Relations Manager • (O) 785-312-5164 • (C) 785-865-8444 • [email protected] • www.gcsaa.org Since 1926 the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA) has been the top professional association for the men and women who manage golf courses in the United States and worldwide. From its headquarters in Lawrence, Kan., the association provides education, information and representation to 18,200-plus members in more than 75 countries. GCSAA’s mission is to serve its members, advance their profession and enhance the enjoyment, growth and vitality of the game of golf. .